Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| very often / come / to help me / My parents |
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| do / to the disco? / How / you / go / often |
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| is / always / asking me questions / She |
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| saw / it / I / five times |
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| go on holiday / My parents / almost never |
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| help you / will / Tom / if you need it / rarely |
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| go / usually / I / once a year / to the dentist |
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| Can / in green? / I / always / dress |
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| some petrol / I travel a lot. I / every other day. / need |
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| every day / Do / to the gym / you / ? / go |
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| go / three times a week / to the gym / I |
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| what to say / know / I / never |
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| your car keys / find / never / You / can |
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| often / feel tired? / Do / you |
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| usually / go / once a month / I / to the hairdresser's |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| when you talk to her / listens / She / rarely |
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| in blue / dresses / very often / She |
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| at 8 a.m. / get up / I / always |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| me / Yesterday, / phoned / she / twice |
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| always / Kevin / Does / win / ? |
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| in the mornings. / very tired / Something is the matter with me. I / am / usually |
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| They / usually / some help with the homework / need |
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| can / listen / never / They |
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| day in, day out / have to go / I / shopping |
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| My car / breaks down / several times a year |
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| often / for dinner / eats / Mike / pizza |
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| is / often / late / John |
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| I / oranges / eat / hardly ever |
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| every other day / soup / have / We |
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| have lunch / Do / you / usually / at home? |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
